Shefali Zariwala Quotes

Yes, I know I've played these women, but I'm not really conniving at all.

I'm not conniving - that has a pejorative context. I'm not sitting in back rooms making deals. That's not my style.

… that insidious man

Lisa Vanderpump is a manipulative person and when I was on the show I did a lot of her dirty work for her.

Maniacal self-promoter …. Makes Machiavelli look like a simple, straightforward kinda guy.

Iago is one of the most liked characters in Shakespeare's canon, and he's the most evil, most extraordinarily manipulative person in history. He says the worst, most politically incorrect things, even for the time the play is set in - and yet audiences adore that character.

The people I've encountered who are really dangerous in my life don't go around with their fangs drawn - they are dangerous because of the way they interpret what's going on.

I'm not naturally manipulative.

Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.

More often than not, I get cast as quite Machiavellian roles - it's something about my face; I'm quite shifty or something!

He [Jack Kemp] is dumber than he looks and even more two faced than I depict him!

I'm Machiavelli's offspring, I'm the king of New York, king of the coast, one hand, I juggle them both.

An awful lot has been written about my temper.

A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.

I've come to learn that the determined and gifted and genuine sociopath has far more power to deceive than we realize.

Psychopaths are social predators, and like all predators, they are looking for feeding grounds. Wherever you get power, prestige and money, you will find them.

Toxic people defy logic. Some are blissfully unaware of the negative impact that they have on those around them, and others seem to derive satisfaction from creating chaos and pushing other people's buttons.

Scarlett O'Hara didn't think she was manipulating. That's just the way she got what she wanted.

Tactics are manipulative.

Hemingway was a jerk.

In Hollywood, they put the knife in your front; in D.C., they put it in your back. I found far fewer duplicitous people in Hollywood.

I think there are people, and I do not mean this to be disparaging, there are people like Jay Mohr and Jeremy Piven where they just give you that vibe, 'This guy's going to play someone a little venal.'

I think George Bush is one of the most duplicitous presidents we've ever had.

Johnny 'Fairplay' Dalton manufactured a lie about his dear grandmother dying in order to win a challenge. This is one of the best villain moments of 'Survivor' ever! This lie was pre-planned, evil, and perfectly played out.

... a bird of questionable moral character.